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" When I started Net-a-Porter, I knew nothing. And I was pregnant. Starting a new venture and being pregnant for the first time are pretty similar in many ways. If you knew what was going to happen to you, you wouldn't venture down that road. "

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" Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone. "

" It's a false assumption that people with a lot of money have a lot of free time to shop. "

" I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. "

" I envision a day when a businesswoman will be having lunch, and then her phone will ring. When she opens it up, she will see an image of the latest Marc Jacobs coat that just arrived in stock. With a click of a button, she can purchase it and then find it waiting for her when she gets back to her office. "

" I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back. "

" I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives. "

" I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council. "

" Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is. "

" People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.' "

" I just wear what I like, and lots of it is British. "

" For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time. "

" Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream. "

" Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind. "

" When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again. "

" Net-a-porter is an environment where a woman can really indulge, browsing through more than 160 brands in our fashion playground. "

" Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas. "

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